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Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South
by James R. Cothran
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1570035016
- ISBN 13
- 9781570035012
- Seller
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Darien, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Columbia South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. F/F/1st ed., first printing. Cothran's research included travel throughout the South to examine a multitude of historical sources--diaries, letters, travel accounts, garden plants, maps, paintings, photographs, nursery catalogs, garden books, and agricultural journals. In the resulting volume he describes the distinguishing features of antebellum gardens, sources for seed and plants, and dissemination of gardening information and fashion. Book Condition is Fine; green cloth over boards with gold lettering to front and spine. 320pp. First Edition, first printing. Slick, higher quality paper with full color photos on most pages. Included also are garden maps, drawings and sketches. Appendixes, bbibliography, index and illustration credits. Contains a conposite list of Pre-1861 American Nursery Calalogues. Book is tightly bound, clean with no markings, soiling. Square and sharp cornered. Dust Jacket Condition is Fine; clean glossy jacket with a very light touch of shelfwear to heel of jacket. No nicks or tears and no soiling. Covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. Big bright and beautiful.
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- Bookseller
- Books About The South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002352
- Title
- Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South
- Author
- James R. Cothran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1570035016
- ISBN 13
- 9781570035012
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Columbia South Carolina
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- GARDENS, EARLY AMERICAN PLANTS, SOUTHERN ANTEBELLEM LANDSCAPING, ANTEBELLUM SAVANNAH CHARLESTON GARDENS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Gardening and Related Books; Georgia;
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Books About The South
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About the Seller
Books About The South
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Darien, Georgia
About Books About The South
BOOKS ABOUT THE SOUTH is located on the Georgia Coast in Darien, Georgia's second oldest city. I specialize in books from the Civil War Period through the 20th century from and about the entire Southern Region of the United States, with a special interest in Georgia History.
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